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strategy games sought

Discussion in 'Playground' started by nightwood, Feb 19, 2005.

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  1. Arendil Gems: 6/31
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    Remove all ads!
    IIRC Homeworld series have real-time combat.
    I'll suggest Master of Magic, , XCOM (three parts - check Apocalypse !), Mission Force Cyberstorm.
     
    Arendil, Feb 20, 2005
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    who-hooo, thanks a lot dudes and dudettes, what a nice and heavy load of replies ... much more than i'll be able to give a try in the next weeks.

    anyhow, there's no reason not to check out all the abandonware-oldies (and i've already given anacreon and masters of orion a shot - quite nice)
    and one of our german pc-magazines had a copy of heroes of mm 4 included lately.

    guess i'll just start playing now and will give you a notice about which games got their hooks on me.
     
    nightwood, Feb 20, 2005
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    Okay, the UFO or X-com 1-3, whatever you wanna call them are among my favourites. Blasting the living crap out of an Aquatoid with a guided Disruptor Pulse Launcher has a certain appeal.
    And Heroes of Might and Magic, of course. Goes without saying.
     
    Yulaw9460, Feb 20, 2005
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  4. Eric Xanthus Gems: 10/31
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    Just to warn you, some of the suggestions here have been Real Time Strategy. They are very good games, and perhaps they will change your mind about RTS, but just so you know.
     
    Eric Xanthus, Feb 20, 2005
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    Lords of the Realm 1 & 2 were both pretty good games. They're a bit tougher than some of the other ones mentioned.

    If you can find a copy, King's Bounty is a very good game but I'm not sure if it would be classified as a strategy game or not.
     
    Rastor, Feb 20, 2005
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    @eric - yup, i realise that some suggestions are rts. i also have some rts-games at home (age of empires, cossacks, war craft 2) ; problem is, i very much dislike the stages of those games when all you do is micromanage your one and a half gazillion military units. i consider this less strategy then a point'n'click test.
     
    nightwood, Feb 21, 2005
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    SMAC - IMO the best TBS ever made.
     
    Midwinter, Feb 23, 2005
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    Add on Alien Crossfire too of course.

    Respect Provost Zakharov.
     
    Sparhawk the Pandion, Feb 23, 2005
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    Another game I would recommend would be Gemfire. Do not listen to the review given, as it truly is a good game.
     
    a soubriquet, Feb 23, 2005
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    Ehh, I played Gemfire years ago and I think that it deserves a pretty bad review. Everyone deserves their own likes and dislikes, but "truly is a good game" is a pretty bold statement.
     
    Eric Xanthus, Feb 23, 2005
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